LEVELAND INDIANS 2017 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION

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1 2017 OFFICIAL GAME INFORMATION LEVELAND INDIANS CLEVELAND INDIANS (76-56) at DETROIT TIGERS (58-74) RHP Carlos Carrasco (13-6, 3.78) vs. LHP Matt Boyd (5-8, 6.32) Game #133/Road #68» Fri., Sept. 1, 2017» Comerica Park» 1:10 p.m. (ET)» SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/Indians Radio Network CLEVELAND INDIANS (+Game 1) at DETROIT TIGERS (+Game 1) RHP Mike Clevinger (7-5, 3.72) vs. RHP Buck Farmer (3-1, 6.17) Game #134/Road #69» Fri., Sept. 1, 2017» Comerica Park» 7:10 p.m. (ET)» SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/WMMS/Indians Radio Network CUTS BOTH WAYS BRONX SWEEP» In sweeping a doubleheader from the Yankees on Wednesday afternoon, the Indians extended their winning streak to 7 games (two shy of a season-high) and capped a 3-game series sweep against New York-AL - Cleveland s first road sweep of the Yankees since April 7-9, 1989.» The Indians took Game 1 by a score of 2-1, plating both runs in the 1st inning to back 6.0 solid innings from TREVOR BAUER... followed up with a 9-4 win in Game 2, as Cleveland put up a fourspot in the 1st inning and smacked 3 HR s in support of RYAN MERRITT.» The Indians (29-16 since All-Star break), have won 7 straight, 16 of 20 and 28 of their last 39 games...tribe finished 5-2 on recent homestand following an 8-3 road trip. WINS & LOSSES» At (.576), Cleveland s record is 2nd-best in the A.L. and 4th-best in the Majors...the Indians have won 7 straight, 16 of 20, 28 of 39, 45 of 70 and 71 of their last 120 games...seven A.L. teams hold records above the.500 mark: BEST RECORDS IN MAJORS, 2017 Team Win% W-L Los Angeles-NL Washington Houston Cleveland Arizona Boston » At and 20 games above.500, Cleveland has established a new high-water mark for 2017, while sitting 22 losses ahead of club s low-water mark (-2G, 2x, last 5-7, April 16)...Tribe finished 2016 at +27 (94-67).» Cleveland is against the A.L., but just 6-14 against the N.L...the Tribe has rallied for 24 come-from-behind wins, while suffering 24 losses after holding a lead at some point in the contest... club is following a win, after a loss...tribe is in games decided in the 7th inning-or-later...club went 19-9 in August, having posted winning records in 4 of first 5 months (April: 14-10, June: 15-12, July: a May ended streak of 7 consec. months w/.500-or-better record, incl Postseason).» Cleveland s A.L.-best +155 run differential is 2nd-best in Majors... the Tribe has a +329 run diff. in the team s 76 wins ( ), but a -158 run diff. in the 56 losses ( ). HIGHEST RUN DIFFERENTIAL IN MAJORS Team +/- RS RA Los Angeles-NL Cleveland *496 Houston Washington New York-AL Arizona *Indians have allowed 2nd-fewest runs in Majors» Longest winning streak of season is 9 games (July 21-29), the club s longest winning streak since Cleveland won a franchiserecord 14 consecutive games, June 17-July 1, longest losing skid of the season is 4 games, July 9-16 (first skid of 4+ games since July 2015). A.L. CENTRAL STANDINGS» Cleveland (76-56) enters today in sole possession of 1st place in A.L. Central standings (have spent 65 straight and 76 of last 77 days in 1st place), 6.5 games ahead of 2nd-place Minnesota (70-63, -6.5G)...Kansas City (65-67, -11.0G) is in 3rd place, Detroit (58-74, -18.0G) is in 4th place & Chicago-AL (52-80, -24.0G) is in 5th place...the Indians have spent 100 days in 1st place, 40 days in 2nd place, 6 days in 3rd place, 3 days in 4th place and 2 days in 5th place...club s largest 1st-place lead is 7.0 games (Aug. 28), while largest deficit is 3.0 games (last May 27).» The Indians have gone within the A.L. Central, while posting a record outside of the division (19-7 vs. A.L. West)...club went (.653) against A.L. Central opponents in 2016, Tribe s most wins ever within division since 98 realignment.» Cleveland s offense is averaging 4.8 runs-per-game (262R/55G) against A.L. Central teams, while plating 5.1 runsper-game (389R/77G) against all other opponents. SERIES STUFF» Cleveland has gone in 45 series completed in 2017, going at home, on the road...tribe is in series openers, while going in series finales (7-6 in rubber games)...cleveland has 9 sweeps (April 3-5 at TEX, April at MIN, May at HOU, 4G-June at MIN, July vs. TOR, 1G-July 24 vs. CIN, July vs. LAA, Aug , Aug at NYY) & has been swept five times: 3x in series of 3+G s (April 7-9 at ARI, June vs. MIN, July at OAK) & twice in 2-G series (June 6-7 at COL, Aug at BOS).» Tribe has won 6 of 7 (6-0-1), 10 of 14, 15 of 23, 16 of 25 and 17 of club s last 28 series...longest series win streak of 2017 is 4 straight series victories, done 3 times (April 17-30, July 21-30, Aug ), the club s longest such streaks since 4 consec. series wins June during club s historic 14-game win streak in TURN THE BEAT AROUND TODAY S TWIN BILL» Today will mark the Tribe s fifth doubleheader of 2017 and second against Detroit...Cleveland is in this season s twin bills; club s sweeps came June 17 at MIN & Aug. 30 at NYY, while the splits occurred on July 1 at DET & Aug. 17 at MIN...over the past eight seasons ( ), the Indians have a record in 23 doubleheaders (<individual games), tallying 10 sweeps, 12 splits and one instance of getting swept.» This marks the first time for Cleveland to play doubleheaders on consecutive team game dates since Sept , 2000 at Boston; Tribe swept a pair of tilts at Fenway on the 20th before splitting with the BoSo on the 21st...today signals the first such instance to take place for the Indians against different teams (as well as separate cities) since Aug 17 vs. Milwaukee (got swept) & Aug. 18 at Chicago-AL (split)...thanks to Ryan Milowicki for research assistance. RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU SEVEN-GAME STREAK» Cleveland has won seven straight games, outscoring opponents (+37)...club has batted.316 (78-247) with 14 doubles, one triple, 16 HR and a.966 OPS, going 20-for-66 (.303) w/risp... pitching staff has a 1.86 ERA and.191 avg. against; rotation has recorded all 7 wins while posting a 1.62 ERA...this marks the fifth winning streak of 5-or-more games for Cleveland in 2017, while current 7-game stretch is the Tribe s 2nd-longest overall: CLEVELAND S LONGEST WINNING STREAKS OF 2017 G Dates 9 July Aug June Aug April COMING OUT OF THE DARK RUNNING THE GAUNTLET» Wednesday s doubleheader at Yankee Stadium concluded a stretch of 23 games in 23 consecutive dates from Aug for the Indians, Aug. 8-30, while Cleveland finished that stretch with a 17-6 record...simultaneously, the Indians are continuing a stretch of 41 games in 41 days that was scheduled to span from Aug. 8-Sept. 17. GET ON YOUR FEET ROAD TRIP» Just a week removed from an 11-game, four-city road trip on which the club went 8-3, the Indians are 3-0 to begin an 11-day, 11- game trip through New York-AL (3-0), Detroit (4 games) & Chicago- AL (4 games).» Cleveland is (.597) away from Progressive Field this season, good for the 2nd-best road record in the A.L. & 4th in the Majors behind Houston (.656, 42-22), Washington (.621, 41-25) & Los Angeles-NL (.609, 39-25)...A.L.-low 3.69 road ERA is 3rd-lowest in Majors...Tribe has won 11 of last 13 on the road. CAN T STAY AWAY FROM YOU DETROIT SERIES» As the two clubs are set to play 4 games in 3 days here in the Motor City, Cleveland & Detroit are tied with 6 wins apiece in the 2017 season series; the Indians & Tigers have split 6 meetings each at Progressive Field & Comerica Park...Tribe is 10-5 at Comerica Park since the start of last season, winning 3 of last 4.» Cleveland is 1-1 all-time in starts by Matt Boyd (both in 2017), while going 2-0 in starts by Buck Farmer.» The Indians (32-23 vs. A.L. Central overall) have won 3 straight, 13 of 17 and 20 of their last 29 within the division. WORDS GET IN THE WAY MISC. NOTES» Cleveland is Major League-best (.718) since July Los Angeles-NL is next at (.694), while next closest A.L. teams are Boston & Los Angeles-AL at (.595).» The Indians have a series record of after winning the first game of a particular series...thanks to Mike Pocta of STO.» Cleveland currently leads the A.L. in overall team ERA (3.57, 2nd in MLB), starters ERA (3.87, 4th in MLB) & relief ERA (3.01, 2nd in MLB)...Tribe s 1312 K s rank 2nd in Majors behind Houston (1315), while 15 shutouts lead MLB (10 road SHO s most in MLB).» Cleveland starters finished August 18-4 with a Major League-low 2.67 ERA in August; rotation s 18 wins led the Majors.» After becoming Cleveland s all-time leader in relief strikeouts last weekend (passed Eric Plunk), CODY ALLEN (466SO, 372G) is one game shy of matching Plunk (460SO, 373G) for the most relief appearances in franchise history. CLEVELAND ROCKS THIS DAY IN MUSIC...» 1952: Atlantic Records purchased the contract of Ray Charles from Swingtime Records : Blondie signed the group s first major record deal with Chrysalis Records : Fleetwood Mac played the final night of The Tusk Tour at the Hollywood Bowl; despite selling out nearly every show, the year-long tour made virtually no money because of the group s excessive spending & behavior : Tina Turner had her first No. 1 single as a solo artist with What s Love Got To Do With It : Hal David, songwriter & longtime collaborator with Burt Bacharach, passed away in Los Angeles at age 91.» BORN ON THIS DAY: (1933) Conway Twitty; (1944) Archie Bell, The Drells; (1946) Greg Errico, drums, Sly & The Family Stone; (1947) Barry Gibb, The Bee Gees; (1955) Bruce Foxton, bass, The Jam/Stiff Little Fingers; (1957) Gloria Estefan; (1976) Scott Hoffman, bass, Scissor Sisters. indians at a glance vs. AL: Central West East vs. NL: Central West East In Series: Home Road Total Overall Openers Finales Rubber Lead after: Home Road Total 6 inn inn inn Trail after: Home Road Total 6 inn inn inn Tied after: Home Road Total 6 inn inn inn Decided... Home Road Total 7th-or-later Final AB Extra-Innings One-run G s Walk-offs vs. RH starter vs. LH starter tribe by the numbers Overall Record Standing in A.L. Central...1st, +6.5G Days in 1st ( ) ( ) Largest 1st-place Lead G on 8/28 Largest 1st-place Deficit. -3.0G, last 5/27 Most G Above G, (active) Most G Below G, 2x (5-7, 4/16) Times at , last on 6/14 Current Streak... W7 Road Trip Following a Win Following a Loss Last 5 games Last 10 games Last 15 games Last 20 games Longest W Streak...9 (7/21-29) Longest L Streak...4, (7/9-16) Come-from-Behind Wins...24 Losses After Holding Lead...24 Team Saves for-34 (76.5%) Record Before All-Star Break Record After All-Star Break Home Record Road Record Day Games Night Games vs. RH starters vs. LH starters vs. Opp. At-or-Above vs. Opp. Below CLE scores first Opp. scores first CLE out-hits Opp Opp. out-hits CLE CLE/Opp. hits even CLE 3-or-fewer runs CLE 4-or-more runs CLE 5-or-more runs CLE 5 hits-or-fewer CLE 6-9 hits CLE 10-or-more hits CLE hits home run(s) CLE does not homer CLE allows home run(s) No HR by Opp CLE charged with error(s) CLE no error(s) CLE starter goes 6.0+IP Players Used (Pitchers) (19) Avg. Time-of-Game (Overall)...3: ,576 min/132 G Avg. Time-of-Game (9.0IP)...3: ,501 min/127 G CLE challenges overturned...13 of 27 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun April May June July August Sept UPCOMING PROBABLES & BROADCAST INFORMATION Date Opponent Probable Pitchers - Cleveland vs. Opponent First Pitch Radio/TV Sat., Sept. 2 at Detroit RHP Corey Kluber (13-4, 2.63) vs. RHP Jordan Zimmerman (8-11, 6.08) 6:10PM ET SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN Sun., Sept. 3 at Detroit RHP Josh Tomlin (7-9, 5.38) vs. RHP Michael Fulmer (10-12, 3.83) 1:10PM ET SportsTime Ohio, WTAM/WMMS/IRN

2 PAGE 2 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES - GAME 1 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, carlos carrasco rhp CARRASCO S CAREER RECORD Career (13-6, 3.78 ERA) TODAY S START» The 30-year-old right-hander is scheduled to make his 27th start of the 2017 season in the opener of today s doubleheader at Detroit...it will also mark the 136th start and 170th appearance of his career.» Will be pitching on regular four days rest since making his last start on August 27 vs. Kansas City...earned his 13th win of the season as he tossed 7.0 shutout innings, holding the Royals to six hits while striking out eight batters in the Tribe s 12-0 victory.» Today marks Carrasco s 19th career start (24th appearance) against the Detroit Tigers, as well as his 5th this season...has gone 9-7 with a 4.28 ERA (49ER/103.0IP) in his career vs. Detroit, as well as a 3-1 record with a 2.36 ERA (7ER/26.2IP) this season.» Carrasco will be making his 15th road start of the season, where he has excelled with a 9-3 record and a 3.01 ERA (28ER/83.2IP). LAST TIME OUT» Last started on August 27 vs. Kansas City at Progressive Field...earned his 13th win of the season after allowing just six hits across 7.0 shutout innings in the Tribe s 12-0 win.» Did not issue a walk while striking out eight batters...also marked his fifth start this season going at least 6.0 shutout innings, which ranks T-4th in the American League.» Carrasco finished the month of August 3-2 with a 4.50 ERA (17ER/34.0IP).» Carrasco ranks among AL pitching leaders in a variety of categories, including wins (13, T-6th), strikeouts (175, 6th), K-per-9.0IP (10.01, 5th), opponent batting average (.237, 10th) and road ERA (3.01, 4th). VS. DETROIT AL CENTRAL» Set to make his 19th career start (24th appearance) against the Detroit Tigers, as well as his 5th against them this season...owns a lifetime record of 9-7 vs. the Tigers with a 4.28 ERA (49ER/103.0IP).» Has performed well against the Tigers this season, posting a 3-1 record with a 2.36 ERA (7ER/26.2IP) across four previous starts...he has posted a quality start in all of his outings against the Tigers this season, and has picked up the win in each of his last three starts, most recently July 7 at Progressive Field (7.0IP, 9H, 2R/ER, 1BB, 11K).» Has made 11 starts against AL Central foes this season, going 8-2 with a 2.20 ERA (17ER/69.2IP)...his 2.20 ERA against the AL Central is the 5th-best intradivisional ERA in the Majors this season (minimum 60.0 innings vs. division)...it ranks 3rd among AL pitchers behind only Chris Sale (1.90 ERA vs. AL East) & Dallas Keuchel (2.17 vs. AL West). THE ROAD WARRIOR» Carrasco is set to make his 15th start of the season on the road.» Has been a dominant pitcher away from home, going 9-2 with a 3.01 ERA (28ER/83.2IP) across his 14 previous starts...nine of his 13 wins have come on the road.» Carrasco s 3.01 road ERA is over 1.5 runs lower than his 4.64 mark at home, and he currently ranks 4th in the American League in road ERA.» Has allowed just one earned run over his last two road starts (1ER/13.0IP), winning both starts at Tampa Bay on August 11 & August 17 at Minnesota.» Has posted a quality start in eight of his 14 road outings, T-6th in the American League.» Overall, Carrasco owns a career record of on the road in 67 starts (85 appearances) with a 3.22 ERA (436.0IP), the 4th-lowest career mark among active Major League pitchers with at least 60 career starts on the road (Clayton Kershaw , Chris Sale , Madison Bumgarner ). BATTERS BEWARE» Carrasco has limited opposing hitters to a.237 average (137-for-579) this season, which ranks as the 10th-lowest among qualified AL starting pitchers.» Carrasco has limited right-handed batters to a.221 average this season (70-for- 317)...has allowed just six home runs to right-handed batters, compared to 13 by lefthanded batters.» Over his last eight starts, Carrasco has held righties to a.207 clip (17-for-82).» Has struck out 29.2 percent of right-handers faced this year (101 out of 346 batters faced), as 101 of his 175 total punchouts this year have been against righties. STRIKEOUT SUCCESS» Carrasco has averaged strikeouts-per-9.0ip, ranking 5th in the American League...his 175 strikeouts overall are the second-most among Indians hurlers (Corey Kluber - 215) and rank 6th in the AL.» Has struck out six-or-more batters in 20 of his 25 starts this year, as well as in each of his last five outings...his 20 such starts are tied with teammate Corey Kluber for the 4th-most in the AL & 5th-most in MLB this season.» Carrasco s last start vs. Kansas City gave him 175 strikeouts on the season, making him the second Indians pitcher to reach the milestone (Corey Kluber)...the Indians are the only team in MLB with two pitchers who have at least 175 punchouts on the season.» Since the beginning of 2015, Carrasco has amassed 9.99 strikeouts-per-9.0ip, the 5th-highest rate among American League pitchers & 9th-best in MLB in that span (minimum innings pitched)...carrasco also sports a 4.62 K/BB ratio since 2015, which also ranks 5th in the AL over that span RECAP» Went 2-2 with a 2.04 ERA (8ER/35.1IP) in five April starts...both wins came on the road, where he compiled a 2-0 record with a 1.32 ERA (2ER/13.2IP)...best performance came on April 22 at Chicago-AL where Carrasco tossed 8.0 shutout innings on just three hits, striking out eight batters in Cleveland s 7-0 win.» Earned the lowest April ERA (min. 30.0IP) for an Indians starter since Cliff Lee sported a 0.96 April ERA in his 2008 Cy Young campaign.» Carrasco finished the month of May with a 3-0 record and a 3.90 ERA (13ER/30.0IP)... posted three quality starts on the month (May 3 at Detroit, May 9 at Toronto & May 29 vs. Oakland), winning all three of them.» Went 3-1 in five June starts despite posting a season-high 5.68 ERA (16ER/25.1IP).» Finished the month of July with a 2-1 record and a 3.31 ERA (12ER/32.2IP)...both of his wins came against the Detroit Tigers...struck out a season-high 11 batters in Cleveland s 11-2 victory over the Tigers on July 7.» Went 10-3 record a 3.44 ERA (40ER/104.2IP) over 17 first-half starts...ranked second on the team and sixth in the AL with 114 strikeouts prior to the All-Star Break. CAREER SNAPSHOT» Right-hander is in his 9th season with the Cleveland organization after being acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies on July 29, 2009, along with INF Jason Donald, RHP Jason Knapp & C Lou Marson in exchange for OF Ben Francisco & LHP Cliff Lee.» Signed 4-year contract extension with Indians thru 2018 on April 7, 2015, including club options for 2019 & 2020 and could cover up to first 3 years of free agency.» Made his major league debut September 1, 2009 as the Indians starter against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park...took the loss after allowing six runs on nine hits (three home runs) with three walks and three strikeouts in 3.0 innings.» Is in his 14th professional season since signing with Philadelphia as a non-drafted free agent on Nov. 25, has appeared in parts of seven Major League seasons with Cleveland...missed the entire 2012 season after having right elbow surgery.» Enjoyed a solid season near the front of the Indians rotation in 2016, but was ultimately limited to 25 starts due to injury, finishing his 2016 campaign with an 11-8 record and a 3.32 ERA (54ER/146.2IP)...broke the fifth metacarpal on his right hand on September 18 and was placed on the 60-Day Disabled List. CARRASCO vs. DETROIT Career CARRASCO at COMERICA PARK Career HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 8.0, 3x, last August 11 at TB Innings: 9.0, 5x, last June 25, 2016 at DET Hits: 9, July 7 vs. DET Hits: 11, Sept. 27, 2010 vs DET Runs: 8, June 26 vs. TEX Runs: 8, 2x, last June 26, 2017 vs. TEX ER: 8, June 26 vs. TEX ER: 8, 2x, last June 26, 2017 vs. TEX SO s: 11, July 7 vs. DET SO s: 15, Sept. 25, 2015 at KC Walks: 5, Apr. 16 vs. DET Walks: 5, Apr. 16, 2017 vs. DET HR: 3, June 26 vs. TEX HR: 3, 4x, last June 26, 2017 vs. TEX Pitches: 114, July 1 at DET Pitches: 124, July 1, 2015 at TB CG s: NA CG s: 7, last June 25, 2016 at DET Low-Hit CG: NA Low-Hit CG: 1, Sept. 25, 2015 at KC CG SHO s: NA CG SHO s: 3, last June 25, 2016 at DET Win Streak: 5, June 11 - July 7 Win Streak: 5, June 11 - July 7, mlb splits Career mlb splits W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME / ROAD / DAY / NIGHT / GRASS / TURF / AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT vs. RIGHT TOTALS W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME / ROAD / DAY / NIGHT / GRASS / TURF / AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT vs. RIGHT TOTALS BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPs Carrasco vs. Detroit Boyd vs. Cleveland PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO Cabrera Almonte Castellanos Brantley Iglesias Bruce Kinsler Diaz Mahtook Encarnacion Martinez Gomes Mccann Guyer Presley Jackson Romine Kipnis Lindor Perez Ramirez Santana carrasco S 2017 DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game P/S 4/4 at TEX 4-3 W Leading /53 4/11 vs. CWS Tied /61 4/16 vs. DET 1-4 L Trailing /59 4/22 at CWS 7-0 W Leading /73 4/28 vs. SEA 1-3 L Trailing /75 April Totals /3 at DET 3-2 W Leading /60 5/9 at TOR 6-0 W Leading /64 5/15 vs. TB Leading /41 5/23 at CIN Leading /62 5/29 vs. OAK 5-3 W Leading /69 May Totals /3 at KC 5-12 L Trailing /47 6/11 vs. CWS 4-2 W Leading /56 6/16 at MIN 8-1 W Leading /64 6/21 at BAL 5-1 W Leading /64 6/26 vs. TEX Trailing /46 June Totals /1 at DET 4-1 W Leading /75 7/7 vs. DET 11-2 W Leading /71 7/14 at OAK 0-5 L Trailing /62 7/19 at SF Leading /63 7/26 vs. LAA Tied /64 July Totals /1 at BOS Tied /33 8/6 vs. NYY 1-8 L Trailing /62 8/11 at TB 5-0 W Leading /73 8/17 at MIN 9-3 W Leading /62 8/22 vs. BOS 1-9 L Trailing /72 8/27 vs. KC 12-0 W Leading /62 August Totals Season Totals STEAL RATES WHILE PITCHING Year(s) CS SBA CS% % % TOTAL %

3 PAGE 2B CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES - GAME 2 friday, september 1, mike clevinger Rhp CLEVINGER S CAREER RECORD Career (7-5, 3.72 ERA) TONIGHT S START» The 26-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 18th start (21st appearance) of the season in Game 2 of today s doubleheader at Detroit...also marks the 38th appearance and 29th start of his two-year MLB career.» Will be pitching on extended five days rest since making his last start on August 26 against Kansas City...earned his seventh win of the season after tossing 6.0 shutout innings, allowing just four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.» Clevinger will be making his fourth career start (fifth appearance) against the Tigers... has gone 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA (6ER/16.0IP) in his previous four games against them.» Tonight marks Clevinger s 10th road start of the season (11th appearance)...has posted a record of 5-3 with a 2.86 ERA (16ER/50.1IP) in 10 games away from Progressive Field. LAST TIME OUT» Earned the win in Cleveland s 4-0 shutout victory on August 26 vs. Kansas City... tossed 6.0 scoreless frames, allowing four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts...the nine strikeouts tied a career-high, done two other times (last on August 12 at TB).» Clevinger has allowed four-or-fewer hits in 18 of his 27 career starts.» Retired 10 of the first 11 batters he faced (one walk) before giving up a pair of backto-back singles in the 4th inning.» Struck out Lorenzo Cain in the 1st inning, marking his 100th strikeout of the season... became the fifth Indians hurler to reach 100 strikeouts this season, tying the club s most pitchers reaching the mark in a single season (done five other times, also last season). VS. DETROIT AL CENTRAL» Clevinger will be making his fourth career start (fifth appearance) against Detroit, including his third start against them this season...has gone an undefeated 2-0 in his two starts against the Tigers this year, allowing just one earned run across 12.0 innings (0.75 ERA).» Last faced Detroit on July 8 at Progressive Field...earned the win in Cleveland s 4-0 victory after tossing 6.0 shutout innings, allowing three hits with two walks and four strikeouts.» Has made eight appearances (seven starts) against AL Central opponents this season...has gone 4-2 with a 2.50 ERA (11ER/39.2IP) in his previous eight games against the division this year...overall, owns a career record of 5-4 with a 3.69 ERA (29ER/70.2IP) in 17 games (13 starts) against intradivisional opponents. ON THE ROAD AT COMERICA PARK» Set to make his 10th road start of the season (11th appearance).» Five of his seven wins this season have been away from Progressive Field...Clevinger has posted a record of 5-3 with a 2.86 ERA (16ER/50.1IP) on the road as opposed to being 2-2 with a 4.70 ERA (23ER/44.0IP) in eight starts (10 games) at home.» Will be making his third career start and appearance at Comerica Park...has gone 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA (6ER/8.0IP) in his previous two starts at this ballpark. RIGHT VS. LEFT» Clevinger has had particular success against right-handed hitters this season, holding them to a.189 average (37-for-196), which is the third-lowest mark among American League pitchers & ranks sixth-lowest in the Majors.» Right-handed hitters are batting just.108 (4-for-37) against Clevinger over his last five outings dating back to August 6.» Has struck out 28.8 percent of righties he s faced (66-for-229), as 66 of his 108 strikeouts this year have been against right-handers.» Over his career, Clevinger has held left-handed hitters to a.224 average (53-for- 237)...just nine of the 21 home runs he s surrendered in his career have been to lefties.» Overall this season, Clevinger has limited all batters to a.216 batting average, the 5th-lowest mark among AL pitchers with at least 90.0 innings pitched (15th in MLB) MINOR LEAGUE NUMBERS» In two stints with Triple-A Columbus this season, Clevinger has gone 3-2 with a 2.65 ERA (10ER/34.0IP) in six starts total.» At the time of his first promotion on May 7, his 1.50 ERA was the sixth-best in the International League & second-best in the Indians organization.» Posted a 0.47 ERA (1ER/19.0IP) through his first three starts of the year.» Was named the International League (AAA) Pitcher of the Week for April SEASON HIGHLIGHTS» Began the season with Triple-A Columbus and made five starts for the Clippers before joining the Major League roster on May 7.» Made his 2017 season debut on May 7 at Kansas City and earned the win in Cleveland s 1-0 victory after tossing 5.2 shutout innings...allowed just one hit, a double by Salvador Perez in the 4th inning...issued four walks and struck out five batters.» Worked a career-high 7.0 innings on May 20 at Houston with a then- career-high eight strikeouts...earned his second win of the season after holding the Astros scoreless with two hits and two walks.» Was optioned to back to Triple-A Columbus on June 7 and made one start for the Clippers before rejoining the Major League club on June 17.» Struck out a career-high nine batters on June 27 vs. Texas, a total he would match on August 12 at Tampa Bay.» Earned his seventh win of the year on August 26 vs. Kansas City after tossing 6.0 shutout innings, allowing just four hits and tying a career-high with nine strikeouts. CAREER SNAPSHOT» Clevinger is in his third season with the Indians organization...was selected in the 4th round (135th overall) by Los Angeles-AL in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of Seminole State College of Florida...acquired by the Indians in exchange for reliever Vinnie Pestano on Aug. 7, was added to Cleveland s 40-man roster on November 20, 2015.» Made his Major League debut on May 18, 2016 at Cincinnati...did not factor into the decision after allowing four earned runs on five hits, one home run and one walk with five strikeouts over 5.1 innings of work...allowed two singles and a double to lead off the 6th inning before striking out Brandon Phillips, the final batter he faced on the night.» Earned his first career Major League win on August 13 vs. Los Angeles-AL after holding the Angels to one run on one hit with four walks and three strikeouts over 5.2 innings of work, the longest start of his career...held the Angels hitless through 5.2 innings before surrendering a single to Andrelton Simmons in the 6th inning, the last batter he faced.» Made four relief appearances during the 2016 Postseason...worked a scoreless frame in Game 2 of the World Series at Progressive Field, retiring all three batters he faced on 10 pitches (1K)...also worked a scoreless inning in Game 5 at Wrigley Field.» Named Tribe s organizational Pitcher of the Year in had a breakout season, going 9-8 with a 2.73 ERA in 27 games/26 starts with Akron, tallying the 3rd-most strikeouts, the second-lowest WHIP and the 4th-lowest average against in all of Double-A ball (158.0IP, 127H, 53R/48ER, 8HR, 9HB, 40BB, 145SO,.219 AVG, 1.06 WHIP), also the most strikeouts and 2nd-lowest ERA in the Indians system while finishing in the Top 5 of the Eastern League in ERA (5th), strikeouts (2nd) and WHIP (2nd). CLEVINGER vs. DETROIT Career CLEVINGER AT COMERICA PARK Career HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Innings: 7.0, 2x, last Aug. 12 at TB Innings: 7.0, 2x, last Aug. 12, 2017 at TB Hits: 9, July 25 vs. LAA Hits: 9, July 25, 2017 vs. LAA Runs: 6, July 25 vs. LAA Runs: 6, 2x, last July 25, 2017 vs. LAA ER: 5, 3x, last July 31 at BOS ER: 6, May 23, 2016 at CWS SO: 9, 3x, last Aug. 26 vs. KC SO s: 9, 3x, last Aug. 26, 2017 vs. KC Walks: 5, 2x, last July 2 at DET Walks: 5, 2x, last July 2, 2017 at DET HR: 2, 4x, last August 25 vs. BOS HR: 2, 5x, last August 25 vs. BOS Pitches: 108, May 31 vs. OAK Pitches: 108, May 31, 2017 vs. OAK CG s: N/A CG s: N/A Low-Hit CG: N/A Low-Hit CG: N/A CG SHO s: N/A CG SHO s: N/A Win Streak: 3, June 22 - July 8 Win Streak: 3, June 22 - July 8, mlb splits Career mlb splits W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME / ROAD / DAY / NIGHT / GRASS / TURF / AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT vs. RIGHT TOTALS BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPs Clevinger vs. Detroit Farmer vs. Cleveland PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO PLAYER AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO Cabrera Brantley Castellanos Bruce Iglesias Chisenhall Kinsler Encarnacion Machado Gomes Mahtook Kipnis Martinez Lindor Mccann Perez Romine Ramirez Santana Urshela TOMORROW S probable starter W L ERA G/S IP ER HOME / ROAD / DAY / NIGHT / GRASS / TURF / AVG H AB HR RBI BB SO vs. LEFT vs. RIGHT TOTALS CLEVINGER S 2017 MLB DAY-BY-DAY Date Opp. Score Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB-I SO Left Game P/S 5/7 at KC 1-0 W Leading /50 5/13 vs. MIN 1-4 L Trailing /49 5/16 vs. TB Trailing 4-6 3/3 5/20 at HOU 3-0 W Leading /66 5/26 vs. KC Tied /57 5/31 vs. OAK 1-3 L Trailing /68 May Totals /6 at COL 3-11 L Trailing /45 6/17 at MIN Leading /44 6/22 at BAL 6-3 W Leading /56 6/27 vs. TEX Tied /61 June Totals /2 at DET 11-8 W Leading /60 7/8 vs. DET 4-0 W Leading /54 7/18 at SF Tied /61 7/25 vs. LAA Leading /54 7/31 at BOS 2-6 L Trailing /35 July Totals /6 vs. NYY Trailing /15 8/12 at TB 3-0 W Leading /64 8/17 at MIN 2-4 L Trailing /30 8/21 vs. BOS Trailing /48 8/26 vs. KC 4-0 W Tied /67 August Totals Starter Totals Relief Totals Season Totals STEAL RATES WHILE PITCHING Year(s) CS SBA CS% % % TOTAL % RHP COREY KLUBER (12-4, 2.65)» The 31-year-old right-hander is slated to make his 24th start of the year tomorrow at Detroit...will also be the 158th start and 163rd appearance of his career.» Will be pitching on regular four days rest since making his last start on August 28 at New York-AL...earned the win in Cleveland s 6-2 victory after allowing two runs on three hits with one walk and seven strikeouts across 8.0 innings of work.» Is making his 20th career start (21st appearance) against the Tigers...has gone 6-7 with a 4.47 ERA (58ER/116.2IP) in his previous 20 games against them.» Last faced Detroit on July 9 at Progressive Field...did not factor into the decision of Cleveland s 5-3 loss after allowing one run on three hits in 5.0 innings.» Has gone 5-2 with a 3.36 ERA (25ER/67.0IP) in 10 starts on the road this year.

4 PAGE 3 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES friday, sept 1, 2017 HITTERS NOTES: vs.lhp:.264( ) 56HR,224RBI vs.rhp:.256( ) 112HR,395RBI Home:.267( ) 78HR,315RBI Road:.252( ) 90HR,304RBI NYY series/trip: ,6 2B,13BB,15RBI,17R,7HR RISP:.253( ) 38HR,435RBI JAY BRUCE #32 vs.lhp:.230(32-139) 8HR,22RBI vs.rhp:.272(91-335) 25HR,66RBI Home:.233(52-223) 12HR,31RBI Road:.283(71-251) 21HR,57RBI NYY Series/Trip: 0-7,1BB Streak:0G (0-14), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.288(32-111) 10HR,56RBI Acquired from the NY Mets on Aug. 9 for Class-A RHP Ryder Ryan With the Mets he batted.265 ( ) w/20 2B, 29 HR & 75 RBI in 103 games (.324/.524/.847) Combined on the year is hitting.259 ( ) w/25 2B, 33HR, 88 RBI, 47BB, 75R in 122 G (.849OPS) At the time of the trade was T4th-most HR in the N.L.; T12th in RBI, T14th in XBH and 12 th in total bases (211) 5 multi-homer games are tied for 3rd-most in the majors Has 14 go-ahead home runs this season 13HR and 33 RBI over his last 45 games Is T9th in HR (33) & T13th in RBI (88) in all of MLB YANDY DÍAZ #36 Reached 25HR mark for the third straight season and the seventh time in his career.25 multi-hr games in career.91 G RF, 11 G at 1B for NYM (18GS RF for CLE, hit in 13GS; has also app d in 1G at 1B for CLE) career-high 6RBI; 5 th career grand slam ranked 3 rd among N.L RF ers in total zone runs and range factor CLE debut 8/10 3-time N.L all-star; 2 Silver Slugger awards career batting average of.346 (37-107) w/6 2B, 5 HR & 13RBI in 29 G in Progressive Field (.950 OPS) reached in 28 of 77 PA w/cle club is 14-4 in his starts hitting.294(59-201) w/runners on for 2017 (8-for-31 w/cle) vs.lhp:.286(8-28) 0HR,5RBI vs.rhp:.232(13-56) 0HR,3RBI Home:.333(12-36) 0HR,3RBI Road:.188(9-48) 0HR,5RBI NYY Series/Trip: 2-5,4BB,3RBI,1R Streak:3G (4-8), 0HR, 3RBI RISP:.240(6-25) 0HR,8RBI Made MLB debut on (1-4) first MLB hit (2B, Darvish)on 17GS 3B, 3 GS LF, 4GS DH (4-for-4, 4R, 2 2B, 3B, 2RBI 8/24 vbos) 9/42(.214) w/runners on Hit/BB in 19 of 24GS 1 E in 40 Opened the season on Major League roster Also with CLE, May 8-15; recalled again 8/22 last 5 games: 8-for-14, 6R, 3 2B 5RBI, 7BB EDWIN ENCARNACION #10 Batted.350 ( ) in Columbus w/56 R, 17 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR & 33 RBI in 85 G (.454OB/ 914OPS) at time of 8/22 recall led Int l League in on-base pct., average and 3rd in OPS (.914) and T6th in BB(60) batted.371 (33-89) off LHP at AAA (42G 3B, 21G LF, 9G RF, 1G 2B) Is 8-for-20 (.400), w/3 2B, 3B, 5RBI, 6R, 7G(8BB,.571/.650/1.221) since return vs.lhp:.233(34-146) 8HR,22RBI vs.rhp:.252(78-309) 23HR,56RBI Home:.250(55-220) 11HR,33RBI Road:.243(57-235) 20HR,45RBI NYY Series/Trip: 2-7,2BB,2RBI,2R,1HR Streak:1G (2-4), 1HR, 2RBI RISP:.211(28-133) 8HR,47RBI Signed by CLE, 1/15 3yr contract 2B,31HR,78RBI) 56RBI/21HR; last 74G since 6/9 (67-259,11 2B, 54 R) last 92G: 86-for-324(.265), 65R,13 2B, 26HR, 66RBI (.937 OPS) since May 16 30HR each season, (only MLB player) 17 multi-hr gm since 2014 on (3x in 176, 2nd in MLB) reached 5X, 4 R on 6/15 vs. LA 4 runs, 6/15, 6/19, 7/6vSD 2 nd half ranks: HR(T5 th, 13), RBI( 12 th, 30) A.L Leaders: HR(T7 th,31), times on( 5 th,205),ob%( 5 th,.372), R( 14 th, 78), RBI(T11 th, 78) 1000 th career RBI/10 th career GS/6 th career walk-off HR on 7/25 vs. LAA YAN GOMES #7 Is 54-for-227(.238) w/men on Owns 28 multi-hr games in his career (two 3-HR; 26 2-HR games) 2nd in A.L. w/89 walks(reached base safely in 23 straight games; CH 41 HRs in 552 ABs (13.5 AB/HR) on the road since start of 2016 May: 27G, 26/99,.263, 14R, 3 2B, 6HR, 13RBI,.829 OPS(13BB) hitting.137 (7-for-51) vs. LHP since AS break June: 25G, 29-for-90 (.322), 24R, 7HR, 20RBI,1.042 OPS ( 7th-best A.L., T3 rd in A.L. in RS for month) 1500 th career hit 6/19@BAL (10 th DR-born player-300hr/ 1500hits/ 1000 RBI) last 19G is 15-for-64 w/14r 9HR & 14 RBI (on pace for 38 HR,HR in 3 str G,8/13-15) vs.lhp:.255(24-94) 7HR,20RBI vs.rhp:.204(40-196) 3HR,26RBI Home:.186(24-129) 4HR,19RBI Road:.248(40-161) 6HR,27RBI NYY Series/Trip: 1-9,2RBI,1R,1HR Streak:1G (1-5), 1HR, 2RBI RISP:.242(23-95) 5HR,39RBI 83GS/88G in C (64-290, 34 R, 14 2B,10HR, 46RBI), 21-for-50 (42%) throwing out runners SB/SBA (leads MLB) 32-for-140(.229) w/runners on base career-high 3 walks on 7/7 vs. DET.Drew 9BB in 264 plate appearances in nd career grand slam, 8/27 vkc 3 rd career 5RBI game, 5/21 at HOU 8 games of at least 2 walks this year (had 0 in 16) Last 81 games since Apr17: 62-for-260(.238) w/31r, 14 2B, 9HR, 45RBI, 27BB(.718OPS) ERIK GONZÁLEZ #9 2 nd half(30g):22-for-101 (.218),13R, 2 2B, 5HR, 25RBI (had 21 RBI in 60 first half games) hitting.167 (63-for-377) vs. RHP since the start of 2016 (hitting.204 vs. RHP in 2017) Has thrown out 39.2% of runners attempting to steal (31/79) since the start of 2016 Since July 29 hitting.188 (13-69, 4HR, 19RBI, 21G) T6 th among A.L catchers in BB(30), T5th in RBI(46) 2 nd career walk-off HR on 8/8 vs. COL (Holland) vs.lhp:.179(5-28) 1HR,2RBI vs.rhp:.293(17-58) 1HR,4RBI Home:.313(15-48) 1HR,5RBI Road:.184(7-38) 1HR,1RBI NYY Series/Trip: 1-4,1 2B,1BB,1R Streak:1G (1-4), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.158(3-19) 0HR,4RBI Spent half of season to date at AAA Columbus, hitting.256 (41-160) with 4 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR & 13 RBI in 40 games. w/cle from 5/14-8/5, 8/9 and 8/23-current Last 37G w/cle since 6/1: 21-for-76 (.276), 6 2B, 2HR, 6RBI BRANDON GUYER #6 Appeared in 8 G/2GS at SS, 5G/3GS at 3B & 25G/14GS at 2B, 1GS in LF w/cleveland (0- for-1 as a pinch-hitter) Career-high 3 hits, 2 runs on June 1 vs. OAK first career HR on 6/14 vs. LA (Hatcher) vs.lhp:.250(25-100) 2HR,13RBI vs.rhp:.208(10-48) 0HR,5RBI Home:.257(18-70) 0HR,7RBI Road:.218(17-78) 2HR,11RBI NYY Series/Trip: 1-7 Streak:1G (1-2), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.265(9-34) 0HR,14RBI Acquired from TB Rays on last 8/1 for two Minor League players Signed 2-year deal in offseason 34G/25GS in RF; 28G/15GS in LF (35-148, 20R, 18RBI) 0-for-7 as PH 20-for-69 (.290) w/runners on 62 HBP since 2015 (291 games, 2 nd in MLB to Rizzo 67HB; 446G) Played 21 games in April/May before being DL d with a L wrist sprain, 5/13-6/25. AUSTIN JACKSON #26 Activated off the DL on 6/26 (app d in 41 games, 25-93,.269, 16R, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 13RBI) since activation Appeared in 6 games with Columbus on a rehab assignment, June Led MLB w/31 hit by pitches and has now led the league 3 straight seasons last 29 games he is 21-for-70 (.300) w/13r, HR, 11RBI (3HB, 10BB,.405 OB%) vs.lhp:.347(34-98) 3HR,14RBI vs.rhp:.290(31-107) 3HR,15RBI Home:.264(24-91) 2HR,10RBI Road:.360(41-114) 4HR,19RBI NYY Series/Trip: 3-8,1 2B,1BB,2RBI,2R,1HR Streak:3G (6-13), 1HR, 2RBI RISP:.294(15-51) 1HR,21RBI Non-roster in MLB camp was signed on Jan GS in CF; 18G/13GS in RF,21G/14GS in LF (65-205, 27R, 14 2B, 6HR, 29RBI), 0-for-3 as PH season-high 3 RBI three times on the year Last 37 games:46-for-134, 19R, 7 2B, 4HR, 22RBI to raise avg from.268 to.317 Is 27-for-90 w/runners on(.300) Has a OPS vs. LHP this year (10 2B, 3HR, 15BB) FRANCISCO LINDOR #12-All-Star On DL from 5/2-25 with L great toe injury and from 6/27-7/24 (left quad) Since June 1: 53- for-158, 22R, 9 2B, 3 3B, 4HR, 22RBI,.335, 48 Gs) 6 th in A.L in average (.317, min 225PA) He appeared in 8 rehab games with Columbus over his two DL stints 1000 th career hit, 6/24 vs. MIN (Gibson) hitting.264 (32/121)with 2 strikes (4th in A.L) vs.lhp:.314(61-194) 10HR,20RBI vs.rhp:.246(84-342) 15HR,46RBI Home:.286(71-248) 13HR,35RBI Road:.257(74-288) 12HR,31RBI NYY Series/Trip: 4-14,1RBI,3R,1HR Streak:2G (4-10), 1HR, 1RBI RISP:.283(34-120) 4HR,42RBI A.L All-Star Hit.370 (10/27) in WBC for Team PR 130GS at SS ( , 25HR, 66RBI, 44BB) reached via hit/walk in 112 of 130GS ( 1st A.L. SS in HR, 2 nd in R, 4th OPS) Grand slam (1 st career), 2HR (2 nd career), 5 RBI (career-high) and HR d from both sides of the plate for the first time on 4/5 at TEX 2016 A.L. Rawlings Platinum Glove Winner. has a batting average of.320 (238-for-744) at home in his career/start 2015 ROBERTO PÉREZ #55 A.L. leaders: TB( 9 th, 258), 2B (9 th, 34), XBH( 4 th, 61), H( 10 th, 145) 57-for-193 (.295) w/men on 2 nd career 4H gm & career-best 3 2B on 7/16@oak...Since 8/20: 16-44, 6HR, 10RBI, 10R, 11G Last 52G since 7/5: 65for211(.308),30R,11 2B,11HR,28rbi June:.214(24-112), 8R in 26G Second half A.L. rankings: Hits ( T6th, 57), HR (T13th, 11), OPS ( 18th,.886) hit streaks of 13G, 12G, 12G Most HR single-season Indians SS:Cabrera 25, 11, Peralta 24, 05 vs.lhp:.196(11-56) 2HR,16RBI vs.rhp:.210(22-105) 1HR,10RBI Home:.232(19-82) 3HR,19RBI Road:.177(14-79) 0HR,7RBI NYY Series/Trip: 1-4 Streak:6G (8-18), 2HR, 9RBI RISP:.327(16-49) 1HR,22RBI Member of Team Puerto Rico in the WBC (app d in 2 G) 52G/49GS at C in 2017 (33-161, 9 2B, 26RBI) 10-for-25 throwing out baserunners is 21-for-78 with runners on (.269) last 8 games is 9-for-24 (.375) with 2B, 2 HR & 10RBI (33 hits/26 RBI for season) JOSÉ RAMÍREZ #11-All-Star Signed four-year deal w/2021 & 2022 club options on 4/2 last 28G: 21-for-77, 10R, 7 2B,2HR,14RBI to raise avg from (8-for-last-18) has thrown out 42.9% of runners attempting to steal (21/49) since the start of 2016 (Rank: 3rd of 80 in MLB; League Avg: 24.3%) vs.lhp:.301(56-186) 5HR,24RBI vs.rhp:.304(95-313) 15HR,38RBI Home:.301(74-246) 8HR,29RBI Road:.304(77-253) 12HR,33RBI NYY Series/Trip: 6-12,2 2B,1BB,2RBI,3R,2HR Streak:0G (0-5), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.272(31-114) 4HR,40RBI 42GS at 2B, 86GS at 3B BB or hit in 102 of 128GS (.280)w/men on A.L. leaders: 3B(T3 rd, 5), AVG( 7 th,.303),avg w/2k (11 th,.242, 57/236), H ( 6 th, 147), 2B( 1 st, 41), OPS(10 th,.882), XBH( 1 st, 66), TB( 5 th, 264), R( 5 th, 84),SLG(12 th,.527), times on ( 15 th, 190) AVG vrhp(10 th,.304) 2 XBH streaks of 7G last 7 games: 11-for-29, 5R, 4 2B, 2HR, 3RBI 1st in OPS among A.L 3B hitting nd half: 42/171(.687 ops; since 8/5 is 19-for-89).326 avg. (173/531)@home since start of 16 2 hits in 9 str.g, 6/14-21(most since 36) CARLOS SANTANA #41 June 27G: 40-for-109(.367) w/26r, 13 2B, 5HR, 10RBI (1.066OPS) 1 st career two-hr game & career-high 6 RBI on 4/15 vdet (has four 2HR gms in 17/career; last 8/28@NYY) Signed 5-year deal on 3/28 w/club options for B d in 7 straight G (club record, 6/14-19) last 69 games is 89-for-277(.321) w/52r, 30 2B, 3 3B, 12HR, 35RBI to raise avg from (.952OPS) HR from both sides of plate, same game, 2X this year (first player in club history)..leads MLB in doubles, 1 of 6 hitters in club history with consec seasons of 43or> 2B vs.lhp:.243(44-181) 9HR,27RBI vs.rhp:.260(74-285) 12HR,43RBI Home:.216(48-222) 11HR,32RBI Road:.287(70-244) 10HR,38RBI NYY Series/Trip: 4-11,1 2B,2BB,2RBI,3R,1HR Streak:1G (3-5), 0HR, 1RBI RISP:.250(31-124) 3HR,44RBI 7GS at DH; 111GS at 1B, 6 GS in RF ( , 79 R, 30 2B, 21HR, 70RBI, 73BB) Is 60- for-220(.273)w/men on RBI in first 4 games July 22G: 26-for-80(.325), 8 2B, 5HR,14rbi A.L. leaders: 2B (T16 th, 30), BB (T4 th, 73), R (T12 th, 79), times on (T13 th, 195), OB pct (15 th,.358) 1000 th career game, 5/16 last 51G (6/26): 55-for-182(.302) w/36r, 14 2B,12HR, 32 RBI OBP.378 (259 PAs) w/runners on A.L. 2 nd half rankings: HR(T13 th, 11), OPS( 5 th,.974) GIOVANNY URSHELA #39 6 th in club history w/711 career BB (Jack Graney is 5 th at 712).9 th career 2HR gm/ 5 th gm HR both sides of plate;2x this year(last 8/15@MIN) last 37G is 40/134(.299), 30R, 11HR, 22RBI Hit.308 (8/26) in the WBC for the DR squad w/2 2B, 3 RBI in 6 G (4BB on 7/29@CWS) Owns single-season (34 in 2016) & career HR marks (172 career) by a switch-hitter is 2 nd in club history in RBI(578) by a switch-hitter behind Vizquel(584); Baerga (565, 3 rd ) vs.lhp:.200(9-45) 0HR,4RBI vs.rhp:.196(11-56) 0HR,4RBI Home:.205(9-44) 0HR,6RBI Road:.193(11-57) 0HR,2RBI NYY Series/Trip: 0-7,1BB Streak:0G (0-11) 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.222(4-18) 0HR,7RBI Recalled on June 17 and July 9 (Kipnis DL) Spent most of 2017 w/aaa Columbus, hitting.266 (79-297) w/12 2B, 6HR and 34 RBI in 76 G (.321/.374/.695) 60 G 3B; 16G SS BRADLEY ZIMMER #4 First appeared w/cle on 6/17 has appeared in 36 games at 3B(26GS), 2G SS reached BB/H in 18 of last 25 GS 3E in 74 chances at 3B career-high 4RBI 8/24 vbos vs.lhp:.243(17-70) 1HR,9RBI vs.rhp:.249(52-209) 7HR,30RBI Home:.270(40-148) 5HR,25RBI Road:.221(29-131) 3HR,14RBI NYY Series/Trip: 2-11,1 2B,1RBI,1R Streak:0G (0-7), 0HR, 0RBI RISP:.240(18-75) 2HR,28RBI Spent first 6 weeks in Columbus, batting.294 (37-126) w/22rs, 9 SB, 11 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR & 14 RBI in 33 G (.371/.532/.902). MLB debut in start in CF on 5/16 vs. TB(89G/68GS CF) 12 th among A.L rookies in OPS (.700, min 200PAs) 34/136(.250) w/runners on Among A.L. rookies: SB( 2nd, 17),RBI(7 th, 39),H(9 th, 69) Aug:10/71(.141), 8R, 2RBI, 1xbh multi-hit games in 18 of his 68 starts (69/279,38R, 13 2B, 8HR, 39RBI, 17SB,.313/.387/.700) First MLB hit homer (Colome) on May 17 vs. TB (2-4, 2R, 2B, HR, 2RBI) went 0-for-37 from 8/1-17 T5th in A.L in OF assists (8), 16 th in SB (17) Batting first: 15/64 (.234) w/13r, 3 2B, 3HR, 12RBI in 16GS 1 st career GS on 7/25 vlaa

5 PAGE 4 CLEVELAND INDIANS GAME NOTES friday, Sept. 1, 2017 PITCHING BY MONTH PITCHER MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST Allen, C , 4.22 ERA (10.2IP, 5ER) 0-2-1, 3.48 ERA (10.1IP, 4ER) 0-1-4, 2.31 ERA (11.2IP, 3ER) 1-1-3, 3.09 ERA (11.2IP, 4ER) Carrasco, C , 3.90 ERA (30IP, 13ER) 3-1-0, 5.68 ERA (25.1IP, 16ER) 2-1-0, 3.31 ERA (32.2IP, 12ER) 3-2-0, 4.50 ERA (34IP, 17ER) Clevinger, M , 3.10 ERA (29IP, 10ER) 1-1-0, 4.26 ERA (19IP, 9ER) 2-1-0, 3.91 ERA (25.1IP, 11ER) 2-1-0, 3.86 ERA (21IP, 9ER) Goody, N , 0.00 ERA (12IP, 0ER) 1-0-0, 3.18 ERA (11.1IP, 4ER) 0-1-0, 6.23 ERA (8.2IP, 6ER) 0-1-0, 7.50 ERA (6IP, 5ER) McAllister, Z , 2.19 ERA (12.1IP, 3ER) 1-0-0, 3.38 ERA (13.1IP, 5ER) 0-0-0, 0.71 ERA (12.2IP, 1ER) 0-2-0, 8.22 ERA (7.2IP, 7ER) Merritt, R , 4.50 ERA (4IP, 2ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (1IP, 0ER) 2-0-0, 1.15 ERA (15.2IP, 2ER) Olson, T , 0.00 ERA (1.2IP, 0ER) 0-0-0, 0.00 ERA (8.2IP, 0ER) Otero, D , 2.38 ERA (11.1IP, 3ER) 1-0-0, 3.97 ERA (11.1IP, 5ER) 1-0-0, 3.86 ERA (9.1IP, 4ER) 0-0-0, 0.87 ERA (10.1IP, 1ER) Shaw, B , 2.19 ERA (12.1IP, 3ER) 1-1-1, 1.72 ERA (15.2IP, 3ER) 2-3-0, 5.06 ERA (10.2IP, 6ER) 0-0-0, 4.26 ERA (12.2IP, 6ER) Smith, J , 2.61 ERA (10.1IP, 3ER) Tomlin, J , 3.58 ERA (32.2IP, 13ER) 1-3-0, 6.75 ERA (25.1IP, 19ER) 3-0-0, 3.41 ERA (29IP, 11ER) - BULLPEN INFORMATION W L ERA G SV/OPP IR/S 1st Bat/Retired IP H R ER BB SO HR /34 183/53 392/ PITCHING NOTES: vs.all:.237( )142hr vs.lh:.255( )70hr vs.rh:.224( )72hr Home: , 3.47ERA (592.0IP,228ER) Road: , 3.69ERA (578.2IP,237ER) CODY ALLEN #37 vs.all:.215(44-205)6hr vs.lh:.207(19-92)0hr vs.rh:.221(25-113)6hr Home:1-3-7, 2.96ERA (27.1IP,9ER)26G Road:0-3-15, 2.67ERA (27.0IP,8ER)29G Last Win:8/21/2017 vbos Last 42 of 55 outings scoreless; batters are 17-for-90 w/runners on (10th in A.L) & 10-for-49 w/risp against 22-for-25 in save conversions & has saved 31 of 34 chances dating back to 8/18/16 (22 straight; 8/18/16-5/23/17) Now ranks 4th in career saves in Indians history ahead of Mesa (has 114)... first P in MLB history (1969) to record a save & 3+ K s in each of team s first 2 G(12.3 K/9.0IP) Is 1st in club hist w/466 reliever SO, 2 nd in relief games P d (372) 8 th in A.L. in SV(22)..July: 2.31ERA, 12G, 11.2IP, 7H, 3ER (last 11G: 11.0IP, 4H, 1ER, 16K) RH batters are hitting.179 against (42/235) since start of 16 Last 9 G since 8/12: 9.0IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 13K AL Reliever of Month for April 100 th career MLB save, 5/6 at KC 4 holds CRAIG BRESLOW #40 vs.all:.300(39-130)4hr vs.lh:.189(7-37)0hr vs.rh:.344(32-93)4hr Home:0-1-0, 4.18ERA (23.2IP,11ER)22G Road:1-0-0, 6.75ERA (9.1IP,7ER)10G Last Last Signed by Cleveland as free agent on Aug. 4 (assigned to AAA Columbus) & promoted on Aug. 26 Split the season between Cleveland and Minnesota Twins organizations Signed with the Twins on Feb. 9 as Minor League invite He began the season with Minnesota, appearing in 30 G around a stint on the disabled list w/rib cage soreness (June 28-July 17) before being designated for assignment on July 24 and later released Limited LH hitters to a.200 (7-35) average w/min Spent first half of the 2008 season in the Indians organization, With AAA Columbus he posted a 3.86 EWA in 7 outings (2ER, 4.2IP), limited left-handed batters to a.083 (1-12) average against Indians debut 8/27 vs. KC (1.0IP, 0R, 2K) NICK GOODY #44 vs.all:.201(33-164)6hr vs.lh:.200(12-60)3hr vs.rh:.202(21-104)3hr Home:0-1-0, 2.66ERA (23.2IP,7ER)22G Road:1-1-0, 3.32ERA (21.2IP,8ER)22G Last Began the year in Columbus, posting 4.1 scoreless IP over 3 relief outings at AAA (4.1IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 10SO,.133 avg) fanned 10 of the 17 batters faced at AAA and RH hitters are hitless in 8 at bats Indians MLB debut on 4/14 vs DET (2.0IP, 1H, 0R) has 35 outings w/0 ER allowed to date with Indians since 4/14 recall, batters are 33-for-164 with 63 strikeouts, including a mark of 18-for- 75 with runners on base (RHH batters are 21-for-104 w/13bb, 41K) at least 1.1IP in 10 of 44 outings batters are 10-for-66 when behind in the count first MLB win, 6/17 at MIN(n) Has 3 holds Acquired in Dec. from NYY First 17G, 20.1IP w0er all d Since 7/1 (16G): 14.2 IP, 15H, 13R/11ER, 6BB, 29K (career-best 5K on last 4 games: 4.0IP, 2H, 2ER, 8K(18 th in A.L in avg) ZACH McALLISTER #34 vs.all:.236(47-199)8hr vs.lh:.295(26-88)5hr vs.rh:.189(21-111)3hr Home:0-2-0, 2.39ERA (26.1IP,7ER)21G Road:1-0-0, 3.49ERA (28.1IP,11ER)22G Last Last club season-high 3.0IP, 7/31@BOS 33 of 43 outings are scoreless (54.2IP), RH batters are 21-for-111 w/37k, 10BB batters are 19-for-75 w/runners on (.253); 11-for-77 (.143) when he is ahead in count Last 25 games since June 7: 30.1IP, 28H, 9R/ER, 7BB, 26SO 9.4 strikeouts per 9.0IP Right-handed batters are hitting.190 (30-for-158) as a reliever since 16 All-Star Break last 39 games: 49.1IP, 43H, 16ER,53K 1 hold 10 outings of 2.0IP this year(t12 th in the A.L) TYLER OLSON #49 vs.all:.256(10-39)0hr vs.lh:.174(4-23)0hr vs.rh:.375(6-16)0hr Home:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (4.0IP,0ER)9G Road:0-0-0, 0.00ERA (6.1IP,0ER)7G Last Contract purchased from Columbus on July 21 (Logan DL).; recalled on 7/31 (Tomlin DL) Spent most of season w/clippers, posting 2 saves and a 3.21 ERA in 34 relief outings (42.0IP, 28H, 15ER, 12BB, 54SO,.189 avg, 11.6K/9.0IP) CLE debut on 7/21 vtor (0.0IP, HB) all 16 outings scoreless; LHH 4-for-23, 8K, batters are 1-for-22 with men on base; 11.3 SO per 9.0IP For the season he limited Triple-A LH batters to a.127 (9-71) average against His 16 straight scoreless outings; season-high by CLE pitcher in 17 claimed off waivers by CLE last July DAN OTERO #61 vs.all:.270(54-200)6hr vs.lh:.309(25-81)3hr vs.rh:.244(29-119)3hr Home:1-0-0, 2.96ERA (24.1IP,8ER)22G Road:1-0-0, 3.08ERA (26.1IP,9ER)22G Last Win:7/25/2017 vlaa Last All d a run in 13 of 44 outings in 2017 (50.2IP) Batters are 26-for-88(.295) w/runners on (16/53 w/risp) 4 of 9 walks this year are intentional 2 BB vs. RHH last 117 plate app s last 21 games since 6/14: 26.0IP, 26H, 7R/ER, 4BB, 16K.Since July 30: 9 games, 11.2IP, 7H, 1R/ER, 1BB, 8SO ERA of 1.74 (13ER, 67.1 IP) in Progressive Field in his career (56 games) 16 outings of last least 1.1IP.walked 19 of 480 batters (4.0%, 5iBB) since the start of 2016 (Rank: 3 rd ) BRYAN SHAW #27 vs.all:.241(55-228)4hr vs.lh:.222(18-81)0hr vs.rh:.252(37-147)4hr Home:4-1-0, 2.27ERA (31.2IP,8ER)32G Road:0-4-2, 4.11ERA (30.2IP,14ER)31G Last Win:7/26/2017 vlaa Last First Indians reliever in club history to amass at least 70 appearances in four seasons (Shaw and Mark Melancon only MLB pitchers with at least 70 outings each of those seasons since 2013) 400 th career outing & the win in home opener, 4/11 vcws has an ERA of 1.91 (66.0IP, 14ER) at home since start of 2016 T9 th in A.L. w/17 holds, T2nd in games (63), T7th in relief IP (62.1) 4 th career game of 4K on (=CH) last 53G since 4/27: 53.1IP, 44H, 18ER, 3.04ERA since July 1 (23.1IP, 25H, 14R/12ER, 18K) last 11 games:11.1ip, 7H,2ER, 15K 1st in MLB for most relief outings (362) since start of outings w/0er alld/17 holds/2sv/4w on the 2017 season over his 63 outings batters are 32-for-119 w/runners on JOE SMITH #38 vs.all:.211(35-166)3hr vs.lh:.246(16-65)2hr vs.rh:.188(19-101)1hr Home:3-0-0, 5.16ERA (22.2IP,13ER)24G Road:0-0-0, 1.16ERA (23.1IP,3ER)23G Last Win:6/14/2017 vtb Last Acquired by Cleveland on July 31 from Toronto for two Minor League players Pitched for 5 seasons with the Indians, , posting a combined ERA of 2.76 in 303 relief outings over the span (83ER/271.0IP) Seventh among active MLB pitchers in games (686) On 10-day DL, 6/19-7/21 (right shoulder) 2 nd half: 14.1IP, 7H, 4ER, 2BB, 14K, 2.51 ERA since activation(13g) Posted a mark of 3-0 w/a 3.28 ERA in 38 G w/toronto in 2017 after signing a 1-year deal as a FA in Feb.(35.2IP, 30H, 13ER, 10BB, 51SO, 3HR,.229 AVG, 1.12 WHIP, 2.31FIP).11.9 SO per 9.0IP & 6.1 SO-to-BB ratio are highest career marks; 16 holds T14th in A.L w/cle 10.1IP, 5H, 3ER, 8 of 9 outings with CLE are scoreless (8/1 debut, 5-for-35, 1 2B) 7-for-39(.179) w/ RISP for 2017 RELIEF EFFECTIVENESS Last Appearance First Batter Saves Inherited Runners Pitcher Date OPP(score) IP H R/ER BB SO HR DEC Faced Retired SV Chances IR Scored Allen, C /0-3 - SV Armstrong, S. 8/22 vs.bos(1-9) /2-1 1 ND Breslow, C / ND Crockett, K. 6/15 vs.la(12-5) 0.1-1/ ND Goody, N. 8/24 vs.bos(13-6) / ND McAllister, Z /3 1-1 ND Merritt, R. 7/21 vs.tor(13-3) / ND Miller, A. 8/21 vs.bos(5-4) 0.0-0/ ND Olson, T / ND Otero, D. 8/26 vs.kc(4-0) 1.0-0/ ND Salazar, D /1-2 - ND Shaw, B /0-2 - ND Smith, J /0-1 - ND TEAM /0-5 - SV